Asha is the mother of three young girls and this year she celebrates her first Mother’s Day in the United States. Many refugee parents, like Asha, have overcome extraordinary circumstances to give their children something we all strive for: the opportunity to live a healthy life, free from harm.

When a crisis like coronavirus strikes, women and girls face extra challenges. IRC president and CEO David Miliband shares a special Mother's Day update on what the IRC is doing to help ensure their needs are met.

A story about Mother's Day around the world featuring Simret Kahsai

On April 12th, Alejandra arrived in Texas, 18 years after her mother first said goodbye in El Salvador.

In honor of Mother's Day, we share the story of two mothers reunited with their children after decades apart thanks to the Central American Minors program and the help of the IRC.

Right now, more than ever, it feels as if everyone in the world could use a hug from their mother, grandmother, or someone else who feels like a mother to them. This Mother’s Day we got the chance to celebrate these women who mean so much to us all, including the many refugee mothers who inspire us daily.

With her country in economic collapse, Andrea, 29, is one of the more than one million Venezuelans who have left to start a new life for their family in Colombia.

With the help of the International Rescue Committee’s dedicated staff in Baltimore, a refugee mother from Myanmar reunites with her son after spending 10 years apart. This was the Mother’s Day gift she had been dreaming of for a decade. Watch the moment when they finally meet again.

Yousef Al-Masri turns heads every day as he commutes to his volunteer job at an IRC-run health clinic in Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan.   A long walk to work prompted the 50-year-old anesthesiologist from Syria to devise a better way to get around the sprawling camp.

As worsening insecurity, violence and hunger grip Venezuela, a mother who made a painful choice finds hope across the border in Colombia.